A list of maritime journals and their publication trends

I work as an Associate Professor of Maritime Logistics. Hence, the journals that focus on maritime studies are highly relevant for me for reading and also publishing there. I have made a search in the Scopus database for source title that include the term “Maritime”. Here is what I got. A total of 35 titles including journals and conference, where 21374 documents are published from 1969 until August 25, 2023.

The figure below presents an overview of publication trends in these journals combined over time.

The table below present the list of source titles ranked based on number of documents published:

No	Source	Documents
1	Maritime Policy And Management	1810
2	Dalian Haishi Daxue Xuebao Journal Of Dalian Maritime University	1599
3	Polish Maritime Research	1084
4	Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers Part M Journal Of Engineering For The Maritime Environment	887
5	Maritime By Holland	857
6	International Maritime Health	790
7	Transactions Of The Royal Institution Of Naval Architects Part A International Journal Of Maritime Engineering	695
8	Maritime Economics And Logistics	576
9	International Journal Of Maritime History	539
10	Journal Of Maritime Law And Commerce	509
11	Bulletin Of The Institute Of Maritime And Tropical Medicine In Gdynia	500
12	Wmu Journal Of Maritime Affairs	427
13	Proceedings Of The Institution Of Civil Engineers Maritime Engineering	365
14	Journal Of Maritime Research	345
15	Australian Journal Of Maritime And Ocean Affairs	329
16	Maritime Studies	327
17	Journal Of Maritime Archaeology	274
18	Transactions On Maritime Science	212
19	Maritime Business Review	179
20	Journal For Maritime Research	178
21	Shanghai Haiyun Xueyuan Xuebao Journal Of Shanghai Maritime University	177
22	Maritime Affairs	161
23	Proceedings Of The Institution Of Civil Engineers Water Maritime And Energy	160
24	Proceedings Of The Institution Of Civil Engineers Water And Maritime Engineering	159
25	Journal Of Eta Maritime Science	124
26	International Maritime Technology	102
27	Maritime Transport Research	85
28	Journal Of International Maritime Safety Environmental Affairs And Shipping	83
29	International Journal Of Maritime Economics	76
30	Maritime Sediments Atlantic Geology	75
31	Maritime IT And Electronics	67
32	Journal Of Territorial And Maritime Studies	50
33	Maritime Engineering	28
34	Proceedings ICE Water Maritime Energy	26
35	Maritime Sediments	20

The figure below ranks the top 15 countries in terms of number of publications in these source titles.

Here, we have ranking of the top 15 universities in terms of number of publications in these source titles.

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